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 {They therefore that were scattered abroad} (hoi men oun
diasparentes). Precisely the same words used in  8:4  about
those scattered by Saul (which see) and a direct reference to it
is made by the next words, "upon the tribulation that arose about
Stephen" (apo t(8873) thlipse(9373) t(8873) genomen(8873) epi Stephan(9369)). As a
result of (apo), in the case of (epi) Stephen. From that
event Luke followed Saul through his conversion and back to
Jerusalem and to Tarsus. Then he showed the activity of Peter
outside of Jerusalem as a result of the cessation of the
persecution from the conversion of Saul with the Gentile
Pentecost in Caesarea and the outcome in Jerusalem. Now Luke
starts over again from the same persecution by Saul and runs a
new line of events up to Antioch parallel to the other, probably
partly following. {Except to Jews only} (ei m(8820)monon
Ioudaiois). Clearly these disciples did not know anything about
the events in Caesarea and at first their flight preceded that
time. But it was a wonderful episode, the eager and loyal
preaching of the fleeing disciples. The culmination in Antioch
was probably after the report of Peter about Caesarea. This
Antioch by the Orontes was founded 300 B.C. by Seleucus Nicator
and was one of five cities so named by the Seleucides. It became
the metropolis of Syria though the Arabs held Damascus first.
Antioch ranked next to Rome and Alexandria in size, wealth,
power, and vice. There were many Jews in the cosmopolitan
population of half a million. It was destined to supplant
Jerusalem as the centre of Christian activity.

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